Finally the D-Day has arrived, our 3-month backpacking trip has officially started.We got up at 6h30 and arrived at Schiphol a bit before 8h00 where we met my dear friend Mev who arrived (almost) on time which is a performance in itself. After a short period, Mev waved us goodbye and we crossed the customs (Mev I just want to say it was good to ...

This has been quite an unforgettable day and I wish I could upload our pics of Central Lima but for the moment due to techical reasons I caaaan't but will try later on. Nastaja is calling me now and wants some company so off I go. Seeee you around. ****************** WHAT REALLY HAPPENED OUR FIRST DAY IN LIMA ******************** It is now the 2...

Well that was a weird experience. It is funny how your perceptions change so quickly. A month ago the hectic and noisy disorganisation of Ecuadorian buses and bus stations were disconcerting. Now I find that the rigid, organised formal nature of air transportatin is overwhelming. Stand here, queue here, pay your tax here, very odd. Anyhow enough...

Arrived here via the super luxurious Cruz del Sur. We nearly forgot that we were on a bus, not a business class flight. Unfortunately hostel check in time is 1pm :( 4 hours to go.... tired and stinking. And Rob lost his credit card in Piura. bleah.

We had a great flight to Lima (no cheeky upgrades this time) and have done a far bit since we arrived in Peru. Whilst at the airport in Ecuador we saw some members of the Ecuador Olympic team, we saw 5, so either they are sending a very small team or they are meeting up with others later! They seemed to be having a great time and were being inte...

Hello everyone! We are safely in Lima at the Inka Lodge which seems like a fine place to start our adventure. We will be here in Lima just for a couple nights and then it's off to Cuzco. The plane ride was long but I think Darryl has now broken all possible records on Brain Age. Everything went smoothly at the airport despite being the only peop...

Well well, our first night bus experience to the most dangerous city in the world (what some say anyway). We travelled with Cruz del Sur which is supposed to be a pretty good experience. Seats almost fully recline with loads of leg room, meals, movies, hostess.....and it really was great! Bus left 11pm the previous night from Trujillo and we arr...

Lima, you hate it or you love it. This is the impression we had during our trip talking to people about this grey city in the middle of Peru. As usual, we arrived at Lima at 6am in the morning after the whole night in the bus. After leaving the bag packs at the hostel in the Miraflores area, we walked around and we were very happy to find McDonn...

After a heavy night in Pisco, where huge amounts of Pisco (alcoholic drink tasting like fermented Llama dung but ridiculously cheap) were being consumed as well as Quinn hogging the karaoke singing Eagles and Bryan Adams, we set off to our final destination Lima. Before we hit the capital city we stopped at a small fishing village where we were ...

We are staying in Miraflores, the nicest area of Lima, and it's clear that the district stands apart from the rest. The people dress well and cars are bustling on every street. Today, we walked down to a mall that's built into the cliffs alongside the Pacific coast and it was beautiful. There were about ten paragliders floating around on the coa...

Hi everyone, We arrived safely to Peru this morning at 5 am (5 hours flight from Miami), we left Boston at 6 pm (after last minute packing and very bad traffic and a lot of stress, thanks Yasser for driving us) and were in the miami airport for 2 hours...the flight was one of the worst in my life since we had annoying neighbours, like a Japanese...